Climate change: What are the regions doing?

The 2015 edition of EUobserver's Regions & Cities magazine focuses on climate change and what cities and regions are doing.

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Be part of it! Under the headline "Europe's regions and cities: partners for investment and growth", the 13th European Week of Regions and Cities-OPEN DAYS will be organised around three thematic priorities: • Modernising Europe: The regions in the Energy Union and the digital single market; • Regions open for business: SME development, innovation and job creation; • Places and spaces: Urban and rural development, urban-rural integration. Against the backdrop of EU Cohesion Policy and its EUR 350 billion investment budget during the 2014-2020 programming period, these themes will be discussed during about 140 debates, workshops and networking sessions between 12 and 15 October in Brussels. More than 6 000 participants from over 40 countries are expected to attend this event and 800 high-level speakers representing EU, national, regional and local administrations, as well as universities, will address the audience. The programme will kick-off with the opening session on a smart EU Cohesion Policy on 12 October and will feature the RegioStars Awards 2015 ceremony on 13 October, and the OPEN urban DAY in Brussels’ canal area on 14 October. As in previous years, the event will be accompanied by the “OPEN DAYS University” and a special Master Class on regional and urban studies for 25 selected PhD students and early career researchers from 15 countries. Lastly, some 300 media representatives are expected to cover the event and to take part in a special media programme. The 2015 European Week of Regions and Cities is organised by the European Commission’s Regional and Urban Policy DG and the European Committee of the Regions, together with 177 regions and cities from all over Europe, associations, networks and other institutional partners. For years, it has been the biggest annual event held in Brussels by the EU institutions and the largest conference organised worldwide on regional and local development. The event will be flanked by some 200 local events held between September and November for the general public and expert communities in 30 countries. 36 ––––– Europe in review 2014

EUobserver's 2017 Regions & Cities magazine takes a closer look at EU agencies and the benefits for cities and regions to host them. The UK leaving the EU has prompted a scramble for the European Medicines Agency and the European Banking Authority among most of the remaining member states. But what makes a city competitive? Which cities stand a good chance to become the new hosts? And what do EU agencies bring to the local economy?

The 2016 edition of EUobserver's Regions & Cities magazine looks at the cities of the future in Europe. While the EU is grappling with challenging problems - Brexit, migration, the economy, terrorism, to name a few - many European cities are reinventing themselves and tackling these problems in their own way.

EUobserver's 2017 Regions & Cities magazine takes a closer look at EU agencies and the benefits for cities and regions to host them. The UK leaving the EU has prompted a scramble for the European Medicines Agency and the European Banking Authority among most of the remaining member states. But what makes a city competitive? Which cities stand a good chance to become the new hosts? And what do EU agencies bring to the local economy?

The 2016 edition of EUobserver's Regions & Cities magazine looks at the cities of the future in Europe. While the EU is grappling with challenging problems - Brexit, migration, the economy, terrorism, to name a few - many European cities are reinventing themselves and tackling these problems in their own way.